246 BRITISH BIRDS* 
SHEARWATER. 
SKRABE, MANKS PETREL, MANKS PUFFIN, OR LYRE. 
i^Procellaria Pufflnus^ Lin . — Le Puffin^ Buff.) 
This fpecies meafures in length fifteen inches, and 
in breadth thirty-one, and weighs about feventeen 
ounces. The bill is about an inch and three-quar- 
ters long; the tip black, the other parts yellow- 
ifh : the tubular noftrils are not fo prominent as in 
others of this genus. The inner coverts of the 
wings, and under parts of the body, are white : the 
head, tail, thighs, and upper parts, black, tinted 
more or lefs with grey : the legs are flattened on 
the fides, and weak ; light-coloured, or whitifli on 
the fore parts, and dulky behind. 
The Shearwater is found in greater or fmaller 
numbers in almofl: every part of the watery world. 
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